For 80 years, Barker has served those connected to adoption, providing ethical, child-centered services and support that fully respect everyone's needs. It makes adoption-competent, trauma-informed counseling and support available to anyone—not just Barker clients, who are diverse in age, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic background. Expectant parents with crisis pregnancies access emotional support, education about adoption, and connections with community resources. (There are no fees and no one is turned away.) The adoption of older children in foster care is a critical societal responsibility – 25% of these youth otherwise “age out” of care and experience homelessness. Understanding this, Barker’s Project Wait No Longer recruits, trains, and supports permanent, loving families for some of the 100,000 adoption eligible older children in the foster care system.

Headquarters: MD-Montgomery County

Where They Operate: DC-Citywide; MD-Statewide; VA-Statewide; Internationally; China; Columbia; India; Korea

Age Groups Served: All

Population(s) Served: All

Awards & Recognition

Hague Accreditation through the Center for Excellence in Adoption Services (CEAS) as authorized by the U.S. Department of State on January 14, 2025, good through June 28, 2029. The Hague Convention is an international treaty created to ensure that intercountry adoptions are in the best interests of children and to prevent abduction, exploitation, sale, or trafficking of children.

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Budget (FY2023)

  • The current budget for The Barker Adoption Foundation is: $3 million or higher
  • $1 million to $3 million
  • $500k to $1 million
  • Less than $500k

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